diff --git a/devel/libavl/Makefile b/devel/libavl/Makefile
index 394a5a4b51fa..28cc2bcbb5a9 100644
--- a/devel/libavl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libavl/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 # Created by: Ying-Chieh Liao <ijliao@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	libavl
 PORTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	avl
 DISTNAME=	avl-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	rodrigo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for balanced binary trees
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 INFO=		avl
 
+post-patch:
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/echo.*RANLIB/,+1d' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>